Legal Opinion
Greycas, Inc. v. Theodore S. Proud
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 17, 1987No. 86-2340PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Theodore S. Proud, Jr., a member of the Illinois bar who practices law in a suburb of Chicago, appeals from a judgment against him for $833,760, entered after a bench trial. The tale of malpractice and misrepresentation that led to the judgment begins with Proud’s brother-in-law, Wayne Crawford, like Proud a lawyer but one who devoted most of his attention to a large farm that he owned in downstate Illinois. The farm fell on hard times and by 1981 Crawford was in dire financial straits.. He had pledged most of his farm machinery to lenders, yet now desperately needed…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Ultramares Corp. v. ToucheNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Alvis v. RibarIllinois Supreme Court · 1981
- Rozny v. MarnulIllinois Supreme Court · 1969
- Pelham v. GriesheimerIllinois Supreme Court · 1982
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3Cited by74 opinions
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- Henry Tamarin, as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Local 100 Vacation Fund v. Adam Caterers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
- Rosalie Pohl, Steve Pohl, Peter Kellner, and Linda Kellner v. National Benefits Consultants, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Ampat/midwest, Inc., Cross-Appellee v. Illinois Tool Works Inc., Cross-Appellant, and Triangle Fastener Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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